1.1. Fossil sites that contribute to an understanding of the evolution of Australia’s biota
1.2. Geological sites which demonstrate the early development of the continent
1.3. Living fossils
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2.1. The drying of Australia
2.2. The influence of drought, water and fire
2.3. The influence of human occupation
2.4. The country’s unique fauna and flora
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3.1. The antiquity of Indigenous settlement in Australia
3.2. Changing the ways of life over the last 60,000 years
3.3. Contact between Aboriginal people and people from neighbouring islands
3.4. Migrants by choice or coercion (travellers, refugees, convicts)
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4.1. Indigenous Management and modification of the landscape through fire-stick farming
4.2 Indigenous art, law and the land
4.3 Indigenous use of aquatic resources
4.4. Indigenous use of mineral resources and stone
4. 5. Exploration and settlement
4.6 Land and resource use
4.7 Inspirational landscapes
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5.1. Indigenous people and European contact
5.2. Expansion of settlement – pre and post Federation
5.3. The recognition of Indigenous land and native title rights
5.4. Urban planning
5.5. Developing democracy, Federation
5.6. Transport and communication
5.7. Government, administration, education, science, health and social welfare development.
5.7.1 Benevolent and other Care Institutions.
5.8. Defending the Nation
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6.1. Ingenuity, creativity and achieving excellence
6.2. Recreation, entertainment and sport
6.3. Beliefs, spirituality and worshiping
6.4. Memorialising events and people
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